Becoming UnDone
Hosted by professor, speaker, and performance & comeback scientist Dr. Toby Brooks (@tobybrooksphd), Becoming UnDone is where high-achievers come to reckon with rock bottom—and rise again. Every week, we explore what happens when life doesn’t go according to plan. Through raw stories, vulnerable insights, and powerful conversations, we dive into the pain of identity loss, the paralysis of burnout, and the transformative power of coming apart.This isn’t just about failure. It’s about what you do...
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Episodes (166)
115 | Part 4: 4X Super Bowl Champ Jesse Sapolu Discusses Coach Dick Tomey's Lega...
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114 | Part 3 of the Life, Lessons, and Legacy of Dick Tomey: Coach Dick Vermeil...
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113 | Part 2 of the Life, Lessons, and Legacy of Dick Tomey: Beginnings with Mik...
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112 | Part 1 of the Life, Lessons, and Legacy of Dick Tomey: Rise of the Rainbow...
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111 | Embracing Change with Mary Reiss Farias: From Gymnastics Success to Mindse...
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110 | Beyond Beliefs: How Ryan Kalish Found a New Purpose After MLB
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109 | From Champion to Starter with 2X Super Bowl Champion Carl Banks
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108 | Changing the World with Dr. Brittany Bankhead
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107 | The Art of the Comeback: Lessons from Mike Tyson’s Rollercoaster Journey
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106 | Against the Grain: Why the Safe Path Holds You Back
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105 | Creating the Impossible: The Stories Behind Rick Dobbertin’s Legendary Bui...
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104 | Three Ways to Know It’s Time to Quit Your Job: Lessons from an Overstayed...
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103 | KING OF THE WORLD with Taye Brooks, College Freshman and All-State/All-Dis...
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102 | TESTIMONY with Dr. Carly Dillard, Nursing Professor and Podcaster
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101 | MAKE SURE THEY'RE PERFECT with Joe Cherewan, World-Class Metal Finisher
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100 | THE MAKING (and re-making) of LARRY JOHNSON PART 9: DEAR MAMA with NBA and...
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099 | THE MAKING (and re-making) OF LARRY JOHNSON PART 8: GRANDMAMA with Former...
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098 | THE MAKING (and re-making) OF LARRY JOHNSON PART 7: THE METEORIC RISE OF L...
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097 | THE MAKING (and re-making) OF LARRY JOHNSON PART 6: The UNLV YEARS
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096 | THE MAKING (and re-making) of LARRY JOHNSON Part 5: Reliving UNLV's Glory...
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095 | THE MAKING (and re-making) OF LARRY JOHNSON PART 4 with Dennis Helms, Form...
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094 | THE MAKING (and re-making) OF LARRY JOHNSON PART 3 with Dr. Kwame M. Brown...
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093 | THE MAKING (and re-making) OF LARRY JOHNSON PART 2 with JD Mayo, LJ’s Form...
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092 | THE MAKING (and re-making) OF LARRY JOHNSON PART 1 with Harold Kaufman
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091 | CHANGES (w3w) with Toby Brooks
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090 | CHAMPION with Neil Kennedy, Author, Speaker, and Founder of FivestarMan
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089 | NO BAD DAYS with Mikayla Moore, Minor League Athletic Trainer, Milwaukee B...
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088 | RESILIENT INNOVATION with Dr. Cara Wells, Entrepreneur and Founder of EmGe...
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087 | GET UP EIGHT with Brad Brennan, Former Professional and D1 Football Player...
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086 | L.U.C.K. with Dr. Lisa Garner Santa, Professor of Flute and Artist-Perform...
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085 | GRIT with F Scott Feil, Professor, Learning Scientist, and Entrepreneur
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084 | BIG FISH with Kent Hance, Chancellor Emeritus of Texas Tech University
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083 | SWING the BAT with Jeff Horn, Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Masked Rider Cap...
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082 | UNCOMMON with Isaac Lee, Marine Aviator (Ret.) and Author of Hangar 4
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081 | THE JOURNEY with Patrick Holcomb, Marine, Endurance Athlete, and Author of...
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080 | PRINCESS of POWER with Jodi Dolo, Fitness Influencer and Co-Host of Mindfu...
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079 | SOAR with Charles Austin, Olympic Gold Medalist, Entrepreneur, Author and...
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078 | Vineet Rajan, CEO & Co-Founder of Forte, Stanford MBA, and former US Marin...
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077 | MISSION with Mark Greene, US Navy SEAL (ret.), Author, and Former D1 Athle...
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076 | GIVER with Jared Oluwek, Assistant Athletic Trainer, Kansas State Universi...
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075 | F. I. O. with Marshall Roberts, Assistant AD, Liberty University, Ultramar...
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074 | FEARLESS with Ashley Adams, 60th Texas Tech Masked Rider and Marketing Coo...
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073 | RENAISSANCE with Sandra Chu, Executive Search Consultant and former NCAA R...
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072 | GENERATIONS (w3w) with Brynnan Brooks
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071 | UnDONE and NEVERENDING (The Nothing Part 2)(w3w) with Toby Brooks
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070 | RESET with Mark de Grasse, Entrepreneur and President of DigitalMarketer
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069 | THE NOTHING (Part 1) (w3w) With Toby Brooks
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068 | ONE WORD at a TIME with John Miller, Author, Documentarian, and Former Cor...
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067 | CONTROL with Kelli (Henderson) Chapman, Orthopedic Physician Assistant and...
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066 | THE BRAND with Vocalist Brynnan Brooks
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